My Energy Boosting Regimen

Here's my diet:
• Vegetables: Garlic and onion, sprouts, leafy greens, kale, chard, artichokes, and asparagus.
• Seeds and Nut butters: Sesame (tahini), sunflower, almond.
• Legumes: Lentils, adzuki, black bean, and split pea.
• Poultry or Meats (raised organically): Chicken, turkey, duck, beef, lamb.
• Fish (ocean-caught): Wild salmon, halibut, sardines, herring, and albacore tuna.
• Cultured foods: Yogurt and kefir with acidophilus.
• Healthy Oils: Extra virgin coconut oil, extra virgin olive oil, flaxseed oil.
• Whole grains: Basmati rice (rinse well), wild rice, quinoa, millet. They tend to be lower in starch than other grains.
• Spices: Garlic, oregano, ginger, chives, cilantro, turmeric (curry powder), basil, thyme, rosemary, cinnamon.
• Other: High omega-3 eggs (poached or soft-boiled) with DHA, B12, and Vitamin E.

I am cheating with the non-organic meats until the tax bill is taken care of. I'm also taking astragalus root tincture and Renew-U Tea, thanks to some herbal energy testing I did at a great alternative healing/health care/therapy retail joint today. I may get "Adapt to Life." Pau d'Arco and astragalus I tested VERY STRONG for, so instead of getting Pau d'Arco bark there, I researched TheHerbalist.com and found I still had two boxes of Renew-U Tea, where the first ingredient listed is Pau d'Arco bark. So I'm brewing that.

I cheated today for it was pi day March 14, but I had only Perrier with my chocolate cream pie. I'll probably not be able to attend any more debt group breakfast meetings -- every restaurant insists on sugars, dairy, fruit and grains. I'm going to be like the Japanese and eat fish and rice and drink green tea in the morning.

My laptop is back but I won't get sucked into it. The Progressive Tech people told me a miracle happened in that the spill did not get into the motherboard.

As I read more of Caroline Sutherland's The Body Knows How to Stay Young the more I understand how it is I came to lose my parents at an early age and how to prevent dying before I'm ready to. I have knowledge now, which they didn't have. I thank the Lord for the gifts of intellectual curiosity and fortitude to withstand detoxification crises from caffeine and sugar, and for the gift of time and the Internet where I can look up this information. Certainly eating pie as a mid-afternoon snack was not the healthiest, but it was a great way to spend some time with my favourite math geek!

I also want to thank my godmother/aunt for sharing her health condition news with me: I can pray for her healing, and I have shared with her some resources she may find helpful if she wanted to try healing on her own terms.

I don't understand the U.S. at all: "here, have lots of grains, but don't soak them to reduce their phytates which inhibit absorption. Then get celiac disease, Crohn's, or irritable bowel syndrome when you get a gluten allergy or food sensitivity once your hormones start changing in your 40s. Then with the hormone imbalances and endocrine disruptors in your environment, mindset and food, you can get cancer and we can hike up your insurance as you get treatment or deny you claims, and big pharma gets paid off. Industrial agriculture, who gets subsidies for producing wheat cheaply, thanks you as well. US Citizens exist only to make food processors, banks, insurance agencies, doctors, pharmaceutical companies rich." So guess where I'm putting my US money as I eat non-processed, natural and whole foods?

Adrenal Fatigue, Debt

Trying to heal this by myself: I'm guessing that if my adrenal glands get stronger, my liver can function better, and my eyes will heal. Thanks to energy testing, I've learned to reduce my wheat and milk intake, choosing gluten-free options when affordable.

I'll energy test some lecithin, phosphatidylserine, zinc, and some ginseng. Lecithin would be cheapest. I could get rid of my malaise, depression, low energy and übersensitivity to my environment.

Really not appreciating people coming to my house trying to case it for a potential robbery, or stealing from a shop while I'm there, or robbing the banks and credit unions I go to, or choosing the seat with a book, jacket and bag (all mine) at the library when there are fifteen empty seats nearby.
It's nice I guess that these people suppose I have abundance, and whereas I have an abundance of awareness and grace, they're probably hoping for iPods, iPhones, laptops, DVDs, TVs, VCRs, Wiis, personal home computers, guns and bling. Too bad for them that my bling is removed from the house for insurance purposes. Good for me they don't consider Kitchen-Aid mixers and juicers as 'bling.'

Americans' debt relief is rocketing at a great rate, thanks to defaults and bankruptcies. Now the debt load, including mortgages and credit debt, is at $43842 per person. If it weren't for the home equity line of credit we would be below that with our mortgage, which has twelve and a half years left, if we don't sell. I see my adrenal fatigue as parallel to our debt crisis: I kept borrowing energy from caffeine and sugar, when I'm sensitive to both, and now I should not have caffeine and refined sugar. I am having green tea, at least for the antioxidants.

I am thinking about selling though: I don't remember this much crime happening in B.C. when we had our recession in 1981-1983, nor did my patterning brain goad me into prejudice as it collects crime statistics and anecdotal evidence. I'm beginning to think we should just leave the United States to the Tea Baggers, neoconservatives and disenfranchised criminals (CEOs in several industries are enfranchised criminals -- only the costumes and skin colour and magnitude of theft are different).

Playing with 2005 State Breast Cancer Stats

Incidence and Death Rates

Rates are for 100,000 people
Pacific: 122.7 (127.1 for whites)
Washington: 131.7 (132.2 for whites)
Seattle - Puget Sound: 137.6 (142.6 for whites)

Questions:
Why do Hispanics have a lower incidence rate for breast cancer?
Why do Alaskans have a lower incidence rate for breast cancer? They live closer to the Arctic Circle?
Why do high poverty areas in Seattle have a lower incidence rate for breast cancer?
Why do low poverty areas in Seattle have a higher incidence rate for breast cancer?
It's not like rich women can't afford Vitamin D, or pesticide-free foods or personal trainers.

Mini-Delicious Day Post

today's surfing:
Dr. Gabor Maté on Addiction and Brain Development

Carol Look + Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)

Scattered Minds

Nutrient-Dense Foods

Lenten Budget, lenten practice

20 Dividend stocks Riding the Wave of Dividend Increases

9 Natural Gas Stocks with Yields at 6%+

Natural Gas could have banner year in 2010

Ten Clean Energy Stocks for 2010

Life Tools for Modern Human Beings: Free EFT Course

Happy Valentine's Day 2010

What we did so far:
* exchanged cards!
* had donuts and coffee! I had sugarless coffee, as Krispy Kreme had only refined sugar, Splenda and Sweet'n'Low. Sure, a Krispy Kreme donut isn't healthful, but it's fun to eat a chocolate/raspberry heart-shaped confection on Valentine's Day.
* went to Scarecrow Video to pick up a trio of excellent kid-watchable films: Satyajit Ray's "Pather Panchali", "The 400 Blows", and "King Kong" (Willis O'Brien, not Peter Jackson). I had to put David Lean's "Oliver Twist" back on the shelf as we had three punches left on our Scarecrow account.
* picked up a "No Solicitors" sign. I resent that we find this purchase necessary. I resent that people are living in their "truths already made up, just listening now for words that push our buttons" tracks and yet feign empathy. I resent being insulted at my front door by socially inept strangers.
* Picked up The Promise of Energy Psychology at a 20% discount, and some Territorial Seeds packets at a 20% discount.
* Made chicken salad spread with garden-grown tarragon. Yum yum!

The quiet revolution that doesn't reach mass media

Here's a question: is Health Care Reform just a gigantic theatre drama, a pretend effort by government, because neither it, nor employers can team up effectively against pharmaceutical companies and the medical industry to bring costs down? Is that why Senator John McCain is trying to push for restricted access to vitamins, or is he just senile, or is he being paid for by corporate interests?

I want to know how bad it would be for America if people ate whole and natural foods whenever possible, and used credit cards only for travel or emergencies or Internet purchases, and didn't watch television. I think those would be beautiful self-empowering ways of changing things. Give me your nightmare scenarios.

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Are movies better with product placement and CGI?
I saw "Panique au Village" with my family a few days ago. This is a beautifully surreal stop-motion animation feature-length film, accessible to all. Why can't the US make films like this?

More books to add to a book list:
http://fitnesscontrarian.com/a-mediterranean-diet-may-help-your-brain/

Sally Schneider -- The Way to Cook
Richard Stark's Parker Novels

Shop talk : a writer and his colleagues and their work / Philip Roth.

Sanatorium under the sign of the hourglass / Bruno Schulz ; translated from the Polish by Celina Wieniewska.

The street of crocodiles / Bruno Schulz ; translated by Celina Wieniewska.

Will have to make this tomorrow

Two Bean Stew
-1 15.5 ounce can of lentils, drained (or 1 1/2 cups cooked lentils)
-1 15.5 ounce can of chick peas, drained (or 1 1/2 cups cooked chick peas)
-1 carrot, sliced
-2 celery stalks, diced
-1/2 can diced tomatoes
-1 potato, chopped
-1 large onion, chopped
-2 cloves garlic, minced
-1/2 tsp. oregano
-1/2 tsp. cumin
-1/2 tsp. paprika
-1 tsp. garlic powder
-2 Tbsp. olive oil
-1/2 tsp. salt
-3 Tbsp. soy sauce
-2-4 cups of water (depending upon how thick and hearty you would like the stew)
-Pepper, to taste

In a large saucepan, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Add carrot, celery, garlic, onion, and potato. Add spices and salt. Stirring frequently, saute for 8-10 minutes until onions are tender. If vegetables begin to stick, add a few Tbsp. of water.

After 8-10 minutes, add beans, water, and tomatoes. Turn up heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and let simmer for at least 15 minutes. Stir in soy sauce. Remove from heat, and season to taste with pepper.